Scenes on Sunday ~ Durham, England

Durham; half church of God, half castle against the Scot.

The City of Durham was founded in 995 AD, although I guess there were people living there for centuries before the monks arrived to ‘officially’ found Durham City. Building work on the spectacularly imposing Norman cathedral was begun in 1093 AD, but there was an earlier Anglo-Saxon cathedral on the site for about 100 years before that.

History is always written by the winners.

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jack collier

jackcollier7@talktalk.net

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The first picture of the cathedral is a stock photo, the tower was covered in scaffold when I was there.

A haunted pub! What fun!!! I’ve never been in a haunted pub … actually, I’ve never been in a haunted anything that I’m aware of! I especially liked the door-knocker and the stained glass. If I ever make it to your side of the pond, perhaps you can give me a tour! 🙂

I think that would be a wonderful tour! Realistically, the odds of me ever getting ‘cross the pond in this lifetime are probably slim-to-none, but I can dream, can’t I? So, we shall visit Durham, pop into the haunted pub for some tea, and then we shall go dancing! And then …. well, who knows? 🙂

Great post Jack. My coal mining ancestors (grandfather and back) are from County Durham – the wonderfully named Hetton-Le-Hole and Houghton-Le-Spring. I don’t have any real connection with the place but we did have a summer holiday in the north east (including a day in Durham) several years ago and there are some fantastic places to visit.